Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
House Bill 1134
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "RoseMary Hayes Williams Kindergarten Act" and lower compulsory age to 5 years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-13-91, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE "MISSISSIPPI COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW" MAY BE REFERRED TO AS THE "ROSEMARY HAYES WILLIAMS KINDERGARTEN ACT"; TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "COMPULSORY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILD" TO INCLUDE CHILDREN WHO ATTAIN THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1 UNDER THE COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.